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  • THE INSTITUTE
    THE INSTITUTE
    STEPHEN KING
    'It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one' Sunday Express 'Hums and crackles with delicious unease' Independent 'Captivating' The Sunday Times 'An absorbing thriller' Mail on Sunday NO ONE HAS EVER ESCAPED FROM THE INSTITUTE. Luke Ellis, a super-smart twelve-year-old with an exceptional gift, is the latest in a long line of kids abducted and taken t...
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  • THE DECAY OF THE ANGEL
    THE DECAY OF THE ANGEL
    YUKIO MISHIMA
    The dramatic climax of "The Sea of Fertility" tetraology takes place in the late 1960s. Honda, now an aged and wealthy man, discovers and adopts a sixteen-year-old orphan, Toru, as his heir, identifying him with the tragic protagonists of the three previous novels, each of whom died at the age of twenty. Honda raises and educates the boy, yet watches him, waiting. ...
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  • THE REJECTS
    THE REJECTS
    JAMIE COLLINSON
    Imagine you've made it. You and your friends have hit the big time in music and you're going to be a star. But then, quite suddenly, it's over. Your best friends don't want you anymore, and you're on the outside. Perhaps they're tired of your bad habits, they think you're not good enough, or they sense you just don't want it as much as they do. Whatever the cause, you're a reje...
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  • THE NOTHING
    THE NOTHING
    HANIF KUREISHI
    One night, when I am old, sick, right out of semen, and don't need things to get any worse, I hear the noises growing louder. I am sure they are making love in Zenab's bedroom which is next to mine. The Nothing is Hanif Kureishi's powerful new work: a tense and captivating exploration of lust, helplessness and deception. Waldo, a fêted filmmaker, is confined by old age and ill ...
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  • LIFT THE FLAP FIRST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: HOW DOES MY BODY WORK?
    LIFT THE FLAP FIRST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: HOW DOES MY BODY WORK?
    MATTHEW OLDHAM
    A fascinating introduction to your amazing body and how it works. Whether it's walking, talking, breathing, growing, eating or excreting, your body has a LOT going on. But how does it do it? What's really going on in there? Lift the flaps to find out! ...
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  • HOW TYRANTS FALL
    HOW TYRANTS FALL
    MARCEL DIRSUS
    'Thought-provoking, vivid and often entertaining' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Compelling' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Thought-provoking' THE ECONOMIST'Gripping . . . Essential and captivating' BRADLEY HOPE HOW DO WE END TYRANNY? Tyrants seem invincible, but they face constant threats from all sides. Whether it's by members of their inner circle, military elites, alienated masses, assassins, revol...
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  • ECHOES FROM A VANISHED WORLD
    ECHOES FROM A VANISHED WORLD
    M. BURNETT
    Echoes from a Vanished World is an insightful, easy to understand book on Spanish history. It is set in the late nineteenth century and explores how people's lives evolved as Spain changed from a poor, backward country to a modern, democratic state. ...
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  • DAUGHTER OF NO WORLDS
    DAUGHTER OF NO WORLDS
    CARISSA BROADBENT
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    27,50 €

  • THE IMPOSTOR
    THE IMPOSTOR
    JAVIER CERCAS
    LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2018 A TRUE STORY THAT IS PACKED WITH FICTION - FICTION CREATED BY ITS MAIN CHARACTER, ENRIC MARCO But who is Enric Marco? A veteran of the Spanish Civil War, a fighter against fascism, an impassioned campaigner for justice, and a survivor of the Nazi death camps? Or, is he simply an old man with delusions of grandeur, a charlatan w...
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  • THE CASE OF THE PURLOINED PYRAMID
    THE CASE OF THE PURLOINED PYRAMID
    SEAN MCLACHLAN
    An ancient mystery. A modern murder. Sir Augustus Wall, a horribly mutilated veteran of the Great War, has left Europe behind to open an antiquities shop in Cairo. But Europe's troubles follow him as a priceless inscription is stolen and those who know its secrets start turning up dead. Teaming up with Egyptology expert Moustafa Ghani, and Faisal, an irritating street urchin he...
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  • SECOND TONGUE
    SECOND TONGUE
    YOLANDA CASTAÑO
    "Yolanda Casta?o writes love poems which are not tearful. Her love belongs to mysterious strangers from different continents and languages. She is never pedantic. She loves skipping [...] between lines of her poems, between images and metaphors, between being frank and being mischievous. It's about singing all the way to Land's End, in good and bad weather.' Yolanda Casta?o's p...
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  • CHARLES DICKENS
    CHARLES DICKENS
    CLAIRE TOMALIN
    Charles Dickens is the acclaimed definitive biography by bestselling author Claire Tomalin Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: a demonicly hardworking journalist, the father of ten children, a tireless walker and traveller, a supporter of liberal social causes, but most of all a great novelist - the creator of characters who live immortally in the English imagination: the Artful ...
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  • TAKE SIX
    TAKE SIX
    KATHRYN PHILLIPS-MILES SIMON DEEFHOLTS
    Take Six: Six Spanish Women Writers is an anthology of short stories by six outstanding Spanish women writers: Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851-1921), Carmen de Burgos (1867-1932), Carmen Laforet (1921-2004), Cristina Fernández Cubas (born 1945), Soledad Puértolas (born 1947) and Patricia Erlés (born 1972). The stories span over one hundred years, starting with the indomitable Emilia P...
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  • JUJUTSU KAISEN, VOL. 6
    JUJUTSU KAISEN, VOL. 6
    GEGE AKUTAMI
    To gain the power he needs to save his friend from a cursed spirit, Yuji Itadori swallows a piece of a demon, only to find himself caught in the midst of a horrific war of the supernatural!In a world where cursed spirits feed on unsuspecting humans, fragments of the legendary and feared demon Ryomen Sukuna have been lost and scattered about. Should any demon consume Sukuna's bo...
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  • THE DEATH OF KING ARTHUR
    THE DEATH OF KING ARTHUR
    PETER ACKROYD
    A gripping retelling of the timeless epic of romance, enchantment and adventure, Peter Ackroyd's The Death of King Arthur recasts Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur in clear, compelling modern English prose, published in Penguin Classics. 'In the old wild days of the world there was a King of England known as Uther Pendragon; he was a dragon in wrath as well as in power ...'...
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  • FISH TALES
    FISH TALES
    NETTIE JONES
    THE DAZZLING LOST CLASSIC *A Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2025* Acquired by Toni Morrison, championed by Gayl Jones, and almost forgotten for forty years, FISH TALES is a fierce, fearless modern classic for our own fragmented times. *** 'Candid, fast and alive' RAVEN LEILANI 'Fast, fearless, so full of life it practically vibrates in your hands' JUSTIN TORRES 'Wondrous a...
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    21,25 €

  • NIGHT WATCH
    NIGHT WATCH
    JAYNE ANNE PHILLIPS
    'Breathtaking in both its scope and intensity' TAYARI JONES 'Shatteringly particular and audaciously universal' ALICE RANDALL 'Gorgeous prose, attention to detail and masterful characters. Haunting storytelling and a refreshing look at history' KIRKUS, STARRED REVIEW From one of our most accomplished novelists, a mesmerizing story about a mother and daughter seeking refuge i...
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    27,50 €

  • IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY (UK PPB)
    IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY (UK PPB)
    JULIE OLIVIA
    'Pure rom-com magic' B.K. Borison, bestselling author of First Time Caller Grab your favourite fall candle, cuddle into a comfy blanket, and travel back in time to 1997 in this cozy, slow-burn romance perfect for fans Gilmore Girls, autumn and Laurie Gilmore! My new next-door neighbor seems to have everything figured out. Small town golden boy? Check. Single dad extraordinaire...
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  • GOD OF MALICE
    GOD OF MALICE
    RINA KENT
    From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author and TikTok sensation comes a gripping, steamy dark mafia romance. 'This book is a must-read' ***** Reader review 'I couldn't put it down, definitely recommend and the spice omg' ***** Reader review 'Dark and delicious' ***** Reader review 'BookTok did not disappoint' ***** Reader review __________________________________...
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    13,75 €

  • LESS THAN ZERO
    LESS THAN ZERO
    BRET EASTON ELLIS
    With an introduction by Otessa Moshfegh, author of Lapvona. In 1985, Bret Easton Ellis shocked, stunned and disturbed with his debut novel, Less Than Zero. Published when he was just twenty-one, this extraordinary and instantly infamous work has become a rare thing: a cult classic and a timeless embodiment of the zeitgeist. Filled with relentless drinking in seamy bars and gl...
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  • UPON A DREAM
    UPON A DREAM
    SORA JAMES
    What if you could dream up your ideal lover? Liz Martin can, but will falling in love with her fantasy destroy her marriage?Facing middle age, Liz feels like she's missing out on life and uses her ability to manipulate her dreams as an escape. But when she dreams about Antoni, a handsome young stranger who unwittingly ignites a spark within her, her fantasy awakens her long-neg...
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  • FIVE ON A TREASURE ISLAND
    FIVE ON A TREASURE ISLAND
    ENID BLYTON
    Meet Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timothy. Together they are THE FAMOUS FIVE - Enid Blyton's most popular adventure series. All 21 titles also available as audiobooks! 'There was something else out on the sea by the rocks - something dark that seemed to lurch out of the waves . . . What could it be?' Julian, Dick and Anne are spending the holidays with their tomboy cousin Geo...
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  • THE ORWELL DIARIES
    THE ORWELL DIARIES
    GEORGE ORWELL
    George Orwell was an inveterate keeper of diaries. The Orwell Diaries presents eleven of them, covering the period 1931-1949, and follows Orwell from his early years as a writer to his last literary notebook. An entry from 1931 tells of a communal shave in the Trafalgar Square fountains, while notes from his travels through industrial England show the development of the impassi...
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  • BITTEN
    BITTEN
    JORDAN GRAY
    This hardback will feature a hidden case foil design for a limited time only. Pre-order to guarantee yours! 'DELICIOUSLY DARK AND SEXY' STEPHANIE GARBER 'LUMINOUS AND EXHILARATING' REBECCA ROSS 'ALLURING AS IT IS CUTTING' ADALYN GRACE The Wolf Queen's court enforces few laws. Vanessa Hart plans on breaking each and every one. A fast-paced and romantic fantasy debut, in which...
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  • THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
    THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
    THUCYDIDES,
    'The greatest historian that ever lived' Such was Macaulay's verdict on Thucydides (c. 460-400 BC) and his history of the Peloponnesian War, the momentous struggle between Athens and Sparta as rival powers and political systems that lasted for twenty-seven years from 431 to 404 BC, involved virtually the whole of the Greek world, and ended in the fall of Athens. Thucydides hims...
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  • EILEEN
    EILEEN
    OTTESSA MOSHFEGH
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA NEW BLOOD DAGGER AWARD 2016 Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in The Times, Observer and Daily Telegraph Fully lives up to the hype. A taut psychological thriller, rippled with comedy as black as a raven's wing, Eileen is effortlessly stylish and compelling. - Robert ...
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    12,50 €

  • 50 LISTS FOR FEMINISTS (GUIDED JOURNAL)
    50 LISTS FOR FEMINISTS (GUIDED JOURNAL)
    AURA LEWIS
    An inspiring guided journal packed with list-making prompts, feminist history, and dazzling artwork Listers and sisters unite Get in touch with your feminist side with 50 Lists for Feminists, a guided journal for cataloging everything that empowers you. Each entry prompts you with a question to respond to in list-making style, and is paired with insight into an important achie...
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    9,99 €

  • VERTIGO
    VERTIGO
    HARALD JÄHNER
    *An Observer Book of the Year, 2024* 'This is one of the most gripping accounts of an era spanning war defeat, humiliation and failed revolution in 1918 to the violence, intimidation and propaganda of the Nazis' rise to power in 1933. It contains many lessons for the world now.' - John Kampfner, bestselling author of Why The Germans Do It Better 'Vertigo is outstanding. Haral...
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  • ODYSSEY
    ODYSSEY
    STEPHEN FRY
    Troy has fallen. After 10 years of war, the Greeks make their way back to their own lands - but what homes now await them? Agamemnon must return to his wife Clytemnestra, who has been nursing her rage since he sacrificed their daughter to the gods for a favourable wind. Her revenge will know no bounds. Meanwhile, Odysseus has angered the god Poseidon and he is cursed to wander...
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  • I'LL NEVER BE YOUNG AGAIN
    I'LL NEVER BE YOUNG AGAIN
    DAPHNE DU MAURIER
    A COMING-OF-AGE TALE OF ADVENTURE AND LOVE, FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA 'She wrote exciting plots . . . a writer of fearless originality' GUARDIAN 'One of the last century's most original literary talents' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Amazingly vivid' SATURDAY REVIEW 'The iron of the bridge felt hot under my hand. The sun had been upon it all day. Gripping hard with my hands...
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